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	<title>Varnum Blogs, Michigan Alternative Energy Law, Water Law, Agriculture Law in Michigan &#187; wind energy</title>
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		<title>Ballot Initiative on Alternative Energy Planned</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer A coalition of groups and companies is seeking to place a constitutional amendment before voters on November 3, 2012 to set Michigan’s energy policy. The proposed ballot language would require that by 2025 at least 25 percent of each electricity provider’s annual retail electricity sales be derived from clean renewable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Things Come to Those Who Wait?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer In May 2011, in front of 40 of Michigan’s top leaders in clean energy manufacturing, Governor Snyder presented the first Reinventing Michigan Award to Energetx Composites. Having waited impatiently for four months, this group of entrepreneurs (ready to unleash their economic gardening skills, resources, and innovation) asked the Governor for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Center Planned for Site TBD on Muskegon Lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Two West Michigan companies, L3 Combat Propulsion Systems of Muskegon and Rockford Bergé of Grand Rapids, have organized the Michigan Wind Energy Consortium. With the support of other local companies, they intend to take advantage of Muskegon’s deep-water port capacity and the area’s manufacturing capabilities to build parts for wind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal Plant(s) Off the Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Consumers Energy has canceled the $2.3 billion 830 MW supercritical coal-fired power plant for which it had successfully obtained an air permit in late 2009. The recession and slow economic recovery which have reduced customer demand, a surplus in Midwest generating capacity, and low natural gas prices, were all given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I Ruled the World (or maybe just the State)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Battery Currents - Advanced Energy Storage Systems News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Five elements to include in an energy policy for Michigan: BIOMASS ENERGY: Make use of the energy in biomass that is going to waste in this state. The BTU content of the “unused biomass” in the state of Michigan is enormous.  ENERGY EFFICIENCY/CONSERVATION: Make better use of our existing energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Wind Farms in Michigan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Wind farm projects and plans are cropping up all around Michigan. The Gratiot County wind project commenced construction in September and is starting to give tours. The Muskegon County Board has just approved a proposed lease agreement that gives Muskegon Wind LLC, a partnership between Gamesa Energy USA and Scandia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Michigan Winds Being Measured</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer The Grand Valley State University Wind Sentinel wind data buoy was deployed to Lake Michigan from its initial Muskegon Lake location on November 4, and is now located four miles southwest of the Muskegon pierhead. With on-board power supplied by solar panels, a wind turbine, battery bank storage and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Energy Plan for Holland</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/energy/2011/community-energy-plan-for-holland/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=community-energy-plan-for-holland</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Garforth International and a team of city employees recently presented a Community Energy Plan to a town hall meeting in Holland. The plan provided national and world-wide background information on energy issues, and suggested a course of action for the City of Holland leading up to its bicentennial in 2047. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore Wind Advocates Step It Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer A month-long petition drive has commenced to ask Governor Snyder to actively support taking whatever steps are needed to encourage offshore wind in Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. The groups behind this effort include the Sierra Club, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, the West Michigan Jobs Group, Clean Water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should the Governor Go Beyond Fuel Taxes to an Overall Carbon Tax?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer It is being reported that Governor Snyder intends on seeking a change in the transportation fuels taxing structure, shifting the application of the tax from the retail to the wholesale level. If true, is it time to consider a more general fossil fuel carbon tax? It has long been recognized [...]]]></description>
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